Mental Health Resources
FREE virtual mental health care for Seattle youth ages 13–24 through a City of Seattle partnership with eight licensed and HIPPA compliant provider organizations
FREE behavioral health care with licensed providers at 21 school-based health centers is available for SPS middle & high school students
Seattle Public Schools (SPS)
SPS has a list of Community Based Providers and Crisis Support contacts to help support students and families available on their website. Find support for anxiety, depression, substance use, grief & loss, suicide prevention, sexual assault & abuse, eating disorders, and more, from a broad-scope of organizations with culturally-relevant services for specific identities,
If you are 13 or older, you are able to reach out to mental health and health providers and receive confidential services without needing parental/guardian consent.
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Youth Mental Health and Substance Use in King County: Needs Across a Continuum
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Young People’s Mental Health and Substance Use in King County: What We’re Learning
Best Starts for Kids
It doesn’t take an expert to realize that young people have a lot to cope with these days. But a group of public health and behavioral health experts at King County and Seattle Children’s realized that a better understanding of young people’s experiences with mental health and substance use would help agencies and institutions better respond to their needs. That’s why they shared data and developed a data brief to capture the story of young people in King County at different points in their journey.
To find out more about what the data tell us about young people in King County and what they need, we sat down with Sarah Wilhelm, who leads youth mental health policy and program work in Public Health Seattle & King County and Best Starts for Kids, and Sara Jaye Sanford, who crunches data on young people’s mental health in King County.